In the drawing rooms of Downton Abbey, Lady Mary has never been afraid of speaking her mind.
So perhaps actress Michelle Dockery was just playing to type when she made her feelings clear about group of tourists interrupting filming of the ITV period drama.
She pursed her lips and appeared to be fighting hard to keep her tongue in check after 50 overseas visitors stumbled on to the set of the upcoming sixth season in the picturesque village of Lacock, Wiltshire, spent 45 minutes taking selfies and photographs, forcing filming to be halted.
Both the BBC period drama Cranford and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince have both recorded there.
The sixth season of Downton — reported this weekend to be the show’s last — is set in 1925. The cast and crew were interrupted as they filmed a visit by the Crawley family to a market. Under her white jacket, Dockery was dressed ready for business, wearing a smart woman’s suit — fitting now that her character has taken on more of a role managing the family estate.
According to TV Line, most of the cast members’ contracts expire at the end of the upcoming season, and the cast are “ready to move on”.
Downton Abbey is hugely popular around the world and while Dockery looked less than impressed by the hold up, other cast members took it more in their stride, with Rob James-Collier, 38, who plays Thomas in the programme, seen smiling and joking.
Meanwhile Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett says makers of the TV series have ignored her attempts to get a part in the period drama.
The actress shared her desire to be a part of the show during an appearance on ITV’s Lorraine on Wednesday morning.
“I did have words, and I followed up with my agent. No call has yet been received,” she said.
However, Blanchett is friends with actress Lily James, who appears in the popular TV series. And Blanchett says she is planning to tell her friend to put in a “good word” for her.
“I’m seeing [James] again today, so I’ll get [her] to put a good word in,” she said.
